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Figurative Language
Drama
Expository
Persuasion
Miscellaneous
100
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is simile
100
The playwright who wrote Romeo and Juliet
What is William Shakespeare
100

The purpose of an expository essay

to explain/inform

100
Who the author is trying to persuade
What is audience
100
The universal message of a story
What is theme
200
Word Choice
What is diction
200
Instructions written in a play that indicate actions, movements, and emotions an actor should be expressing throughout. Usually in brackets. Ex: [Sandra is looking at Tom.]
What is stage directions
200
A sentence in the beginning of the essay that states the main idea of the essay and provides a "roadmap" of the essay.
What is thesis statement
200
A statement that can be PROVED true.
What is a fact
200
The attitude or feeling of the author/narrator towards the subject being written about
What is tone/mood
300
Giving human traits to non-living things
What is personification
300
An object used by actors on stage
What is a prop
300

What type of example should you use in your Expository essay?

Interesting and creative. NO MLK OR SEA TURTLES!

300
An argument that appeals to the reader's emotions
What is emotional appeal/pathos
300

What is Author's Purpose?

The reason the article/story/passage was written

400
An extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole
400
When an actor turns and speaks directly to the audience
What is an aside
400

What are the three magic words?

Write an Essay

400
An appeal that uses facts, evidence, research, etc.
What is logical appeal/logos
400
What are the three types of Irony?

Dramatic irony - we know that Romeo is listening

Situational irony- A fire station burns down

Verbal irony - sarcasm/understatements

500
A technique in which an author gives clues about something that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing
500

When the audience knows something the other characters in the play do not.

What is dramatic irony

500

A sentence at the beginning of each body paragraph that tells the reader what the paragraph is going to be about.

topic sentence

500

Ways others have argued against a position.

counterargument

500

a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or other piece of literature

allusion